Willamette Stone

USA / Oregon / West Slope /
 benchmark (survey), state park
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This is the location of the Willamette Stone placed here in 1851 as the central axis from which all land parcels were divided and mapped from the Puget Sound down to California and East to Idaho. There is a small marker in the middle of the woods that describes the significance.

www.oregonstateparks.org/park_246.php
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Stone
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Coordinates:   45°31'10"N   122°44'36"W

Comments

  • SMOKE
  • This map is in the wrong place. The stone is actually northwest of the marked area.
This article was last modified 11 years ago